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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






2. What is the function of vitamin C?






3. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






4. When does BMR increase?






5. Fats can lead to some medical problems






6. Where can you get more vitamin D?






7. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






8. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






9. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






10. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






11. Sources of fats






12. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






13. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






14. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






15. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






16. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






17. What is normal BMI?






18. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






19. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






20. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






21. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






22. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






23. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






24. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






25. What is RDA of protein?






26. What function is vitamin A?






27. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






28. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






29. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






30. Name six sources of grains






31. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






32. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






33. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






34. What foods have high quality protein?






35. The higher the BMR a client has --






36. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






37. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






38. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






39. What is normal albumin levels?






40. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






41. How many calories/gram is protein?






42. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






43. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






44. What are healthy sources of fats?






45. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






46. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






47. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






48. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






49. What function is vitamin D?






50. What is the function of vitamin E?